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The Magical Mindful Day

The Magical Mindful Day is a children’s book for people of all ages, intended to inspire the practice of mindfulness, to raise awareness of our interconnection with all living beings, and to remind children that the Earth is their friend.

“Once I learned to breathe with awareness, I felt alive and connected with everything.”

— Deborah Salazar Shapiro, MSW

Deborah Salazar Shapiro, MSW

Deborah Salazar Shapiro, MSW, has been inspired by children and families throughout her life. This passion has touched every facet of her career as a psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, author, and artist. Now she has weaved experiences from her childhood growing up in El Salvador into her first book, The Magical Mindful Day.

A virtual space for sharing, connecting, and exploring new ways to respond to life’s challenges.

Upcoming Sessions

Recognizing the repercussions of emerging technologies yet realizing the tremendous potential they offer, I am taking the best of the Digital Age to create The Compassion Room. A video- and audio-enabled group gathering, it is a virtual space for sharing, connecting, and exploring new ways to respond to life challenges together—face to face.

I have discovered through my years of training and personal experiences that compassion is one of the most powerful healing and transformational tools we can develop in our lives, but it's often the very thing missing from our physical and virtual relationships. (Emojis just don't cut it!)

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Offerings

Deborah brings the magic of mindfulness to children as both a Mindfulness Consultant and author of the The Magical Mindful Day. Available for home and school visits, she works with groups and individuals to address everyday concerns and fears and helps children understand how decisions, emotions and actions impact the Earth and every living being. Through art, music, writing, reading and discussion, she enables children to find peace from within.

Deborah brings the magic of mindfulness to children as both a Mindfulness Consultant and author of the The Magical Mindful Day. Available for home and school visits, she works with groups and individuals to address everyday concerns and fears and helps children understand how decisions, emotions and actions impact the Earth and every living being. Through art, music, writing, reading and discussion, she enables children to find peace from within.

Here you can download audio meditations, and find additional resources to supplement class work and your home practice. Compassion is an awareness of others’ suffering coupled with a willingness to take action to relieve the suffering.

The Magical Mindful Day

The Magical Mindful Day is a children’s book for people of all ages, intended to inspire the practice of mindfulness, to raise awareness of our interconnection with all living beings, and to remind children that the Earth is their friend.

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The Magical Mindful Day is available in English and Spanish! Order your copy below or on Amazon!

The Magical Mindful Day weaves together the themes of interconnection and mindfulness in a lovely, inspiring story that teaches children and their parents how to take care of the planet and themselves.

— Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child and Mindful Games

Imagine an immersive story that helps children learn about who they really are: part of a deeply and wondrously interconnected world. Deborah Salazar Shapiro integrates her knowledge of mindfulness with her personal passion for helping children become more aware of their integrated role in the life of our fragile and precious planet in this important contribution that will help develop a child’s compassionate and courageous mind. Bravo!

— Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Clinical Professor UCLA School of Medicine, Executive Director, Mindsight Institute; author, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence; Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human; and co-author, Parenting from the Inside Out; The Whole-Brain Child; and The Yes-Brain

Events

Recognizing the repercussions of emerging technologies yet realizing the tremendous potential they offer, I am taking the best of the Digital Age to create The Compassion Room. A video- and audio-enabled group gathering, it is a virtual space for sharing, connecting, and exploring new ways to respond to life challenges together—face to face.

I have discovered through my years of training and personal experiences that compassion is one of the most powerful healing and transformational tools we can develop in our lives, but it's often the very thing missing from our physical and virtual relationships. (Emojis just don't cut it!)